Behold! The great squaring is upon us! Repent and cease your worship of The Consumerist Mindset and learn to live, laugh, and love.


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Aaron’s Great Squaring


Circular stuff: get out of my fridge and cupboards
All the great Cambros
‘Tajín Is a Lifestyle’: An Appreciation of the Mexican Seasoning Mix - The New York Times

Remember Lucas?
Turn out ™ it was banned for lead? Did I eat a lot of lead?!

Toxic Candy Still Being Sold - Deseret News


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US Women’s National Soccer



The U.S. women’s national team is an American treasure. Pay them a bounty. - Washington Post


Just imagine how that record-setting 13-0 victory over Thailand will play at a jury trial. It’s going to be a lot of fun watching lawyers for the soccer federation try to justify why the U.S. women’s national team, with their air rifles for legs, are paid 38 cents on the dollar compared to their male counterparts and had to sue for fair wages. It’s going to be pure entertainment listening to federation president Carlos Cordeiro stammer out an explanation on the witness stand of why this team, which is nothing short of an American damn treasure, isn’t worth equal coin to a men’s squad that can’t beat Jamaica.



You think Nike committed $120 million to USA soccer back in 1997 because of a men’s team that finished 10th in the Atlanta Olympics with a 1-1-1 record? Or do you think the company’s interest had something to do, just maybe, with Mia Hamm and Julie Foudy and Michelle Akers commanding an audience of 90,000 at the Rose Bowl and 40 million on TV?



Every dime of largesse that the American soccer federation now enjoys can, in some way, be traced to the apple-seeding done by the women’s team.



The U.S. women’s unreal 13-goal World Cup win, by the numbers - Washington Post





Cease Praying to the Consumerist Gods


2019 is the year all brands war with each other till capitalism implodes
@TaylorLorenz, June 14, 2019



Folks…. this is bad
Who is this for?
THE CONSUMERIST MINDSET: A Capitalism Brain Worm

We ought to get way more cynical about any movement based mostly on individual actions
Ex:// green lifestyle changes, boycots, etc.

These all take the spotlight off the powerful interests whose systems are what, ultimately, need defeating.
It puts the onus on average people who are already stressed from daily concerns
If Capital can blame and make examples out of individuals (“why do environmentalists take planes then? Hypocrites much?!”) then they can get people tied up in fruitless debates.


BUT: Don’t use this as an excuse to make bad choices.






John Stewart Is Not The Messiah: An Opinion


Jon Stewart Blasts Members Of Congress During 9/11 First Responders Hearing
Q:// Is there some takeaway from the liberal reaction to Jon Stewart’s testimony?
Q:// What are the limits of A Really Good Speech™?
Q:// Do we put too much faith in rhetoric at the expense of action?
Q:// Does the fact that Aaron was cloistered from media during the buildup to Iraq preclude him from understanding the adoration for Stewart?




I’m not a regular cop, I’m a COOL cop!


Anthony Johnson, Ohio’s “Dancing Cop,” Investigated After Punching Man In Face



An Ohio police officer who went viral in 2015 after dancing with kids was caught on video this weekend punching an unarmed man in the face who was standing and shouting at another officer, prompting outrage and a police investigation.




Live Laugh Love, or: the banal nature of commoditized decor/Pinterest culture



Live. Laugh. Love. Why? - The Outline


Following the 2007 recession, DIY decoration became increasingly enticing, propelled in part by the growing number of affordable home supply and home furnishing options. Millions lost their jobs and could no longer afford to spend big on extraneous home goods; stores became more conservative with stocking inventory. A “word art” trend — inclusive of prints, posters, and cutesy signs with textural platitudes, phrases, and sometimes just single adjectives or verbs (“blessed,” “dream”) — resulted in décor that was both cost-friendly and attainable. Consumers got inventive; word art, in particular, combined individual tastes with easily marketable inspirational catchphrases.


Some kind of tenuous connection to Striving?
See also: fast fashion
Aaron literally has an ongoing thing were a he and his friend text each-other pictures anytime they spot a LLL in the wild.
Q:// What is it about LLL that’s so obnoxious?
Q:// Am I bad for finding it so stupid?



Confederate flags are just “live laugh love” signs for white trash dudes
@Aimee_B_Loved, 10 Jun 2019




Thought Technology: Maybe They’re just Poor


Alternatively, “Maybe they’re just suffering a mental health crisis”
The idea is to stop when you see a meme which is based on mocking a person (maybe for their style or weird behavior) and ask yourself: is this really about them being a bad person, or could this simply be the result of them being in a very bad spot?

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